Brian Schroeder (Gus to old friends) may have seemed like a complicated man on the outside but inside was a simple soul that wanted to help people, make friends and be loved, and nothing more than that.

He enjoyed crafting and crocheting, video games and music, art and cuisine, but his greatest love is his longtime companion Ren. Ren came from a puppy mill and needed someone with a big heart that had a chihuahua sized hole to fill, and he found that in Brian. He spent a lot of his life looking for a place to fit in and a family to call his own, and found out that he had a family made of his choosing, from people that loved him for being himself, and not because of blood or marriage. Surviving him, in no specific order, are his step-sister Tari, step-mother, and friends. Among them are Aurora, Andi, Sunny, Shelly, Bryan, Rose, Tiffany, *add more names here* Also Thomas and Gloria Graham, who thought of him as one of their own children and gladly referred to him as such.

No service are scheduled at this time.